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	Coingate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Coingate is a nickname for the Thomas Noe investment scandal in Ohio revealed in early 2005 in part by Ohio newspaper Toledo Blade.
		The Coingate scandal centers on Thomas Noe, an Ohio government figure, GOP fundraiser, and coin dealer.
		Chronology of Noe's Involvement (in Coingate), Toledo Blade, February 13, 2006
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Coingate (1515 words)

	A Brief Guide to "Coingate" - Common Cause
		"Coingate" is the term given to an ongoing scandal that has implicated officials on almost every level of government in Ohio and has received attention from the national press.
		Coingate started when the Toledo Blade published a story about how the Ohio's Bureau of Workers' Compensation (BWC) was investing a portion of its portfolio into a rare coin fund managed by a prominent Republican fundraiser named Thomas Noe.
		As the extent of "Coingate" unfolded, questions were raised as to how Republican state officials, who benefited from Noe family's generous fundraising, would be able to investigate the scandal in a nonpartisan and effective manner.
	www.commoncause.org /site/pp.asp?c=dkLNK1MQIwG&b=475691 (1117 words)

	Thomas Noe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Thomas Noe is a Bush Pioneer fundraiser and has been involved in or connected to many different political scandals, particularly during the Republican Bush administration, involving a wide range of scandals including elections, fundraising, government investment, and conflicts of interest.
		He is under indictment in what is popularly known as the Coingate scandal, and, separately, was charged in late 2005 with money laundering in connection to his political fundraising.
		On February 13, 2006, the Lucas County District Court of Ohio indicted Noe on 53 counts [5], including: engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity (which carries a mandatory 10 year sentence), 11 counts of theft, 11 counts of money laundering, 8 counts of tampering with records, and 22 counts of forgery.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Thomas_Noe (1193 words)

	Licking County Pro-Active Citizens: Coin Gate
		We haven't brought much coingate lately, because there hasn't been too much new news (how much is Ohio GOP corruption news these days?) but if you want to catch up on the latest details, the Blade has a nice section.
		Coingate reporting hits the big time, in an op-ed from the NYT and Paul Krugman.
		The massive hedge fund loss is the newest tentacle of the scandal that's become known as "Coingate," because the workers' fund may be missing $10-12 million in assets in an investment with a rare coin dealer.
	www.licopac.org /licking_county_issue_pac/coin_gate (13041 words)

	Dramatic New Charges Deepen Link Between Ohio's "Coingate," Voinovich Mob Connections, and the Theft of the 2004 Electio
		Noe's Coingate goes to the Bush family through Misfud, whose connections to George Herbert Walker Bush date from the 1970s.
		By all accounts, Coingate is still in the early stages of unraveling, and where it reaches, no one yet knows.
		The still-young Coingate and Votegate scandals have already catapulted the Bush/Rove Pioneer/Ranger Noe family close to the realm of headlines currently reserved for Joe Wilson and Valerie Plame.
	www.opednews.com /articles/opedne_bob_fitr_050731_dramatic_new_charges.htm (2437 words)

	Coingate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		Brian Hicks appears in court today to answer charges that he failed to report vacation trips he took to Coingate mastermind Tom Noe's $1.3 million home in the Florida Keys.
		The new charges against Taft's former aide are at the edge of Coingate's links to Bush, Voinovich and organized crime.
		Coingate is the scandal in Ohio, also involving Colorado, regarding the stealing of hundreds of millions of dollars and put into the pockets of the Republican Party and officials, involving Tom Noe, J. Kenneth Blackwell, Governor Taft, Jack Abramoff, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and the fun Bushie crime family.
	www.realnewsonline.com /blogs/index.php?blog=9 (2763 words)

	Risk & Insurance: 'Coingate' rattles Ohio comp bureau; the story surrounding the missing millions is filled with ...
		Risk and Insurance: 'Coingate' rattles Ohio comp bureau; the story surrounding the missing millions is filled with enough intrigue, politics and white-collar crime to make for a sizzling suspense novel
		'Coingate' rattles Ohio comp bureau; the story surrounding the missing millions is filled with enough intrigue, politics and white-collar crime to make for a sizzling suspense novel
		The Toledo Blade dubbed the scandal "Coingate," referring to the 855 million in bureau funds that have been invested in rare and valuable coins since 1998.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0BJK/is_9_16/ai_n14891734 (653 words)

	Ask Governor Bob Taft to Appoint an Independent Investigator to Investigate Ohio’s “Coingate” Scandal - Common Cause
		The fallout from the Ohio “Coingate” scandal, involving Thomas Noe, a rare-coin dealer and Republican financial backer, who is a major player in Ohio politics for years has reached beyond Ohio.
		Noe is at the center of a major scandal and is under investigation for the loss of up to $13 million worth of rare coins that were part of a dubious $50 million investment by the state workers comp fund he was responsible for managing.
		Why did it take seven years and only after press scrutiny for it to come to light that taxpayer money was being dumped into highly questionable investment funds — rare coin collections considered a dubious investment by public finance experts.
	www.commoncause.org /site/apps/ka/ct/contactus.asp?c=dkLNK1MQIwG&b=810579&en=luKQI1NNIlITI8NXJeKMI7PVJsIYL3MMImI2JbPWJuJbE (331 words)

	"Coingate" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		COLUMBUS - With its intrigue of missing rare coins bought with state funds and campaign cash flowing to Ohio Republican leaders, some are predicting that "Coingate" will be a bigger scandal than the one that led to a near-Democratic sweep of statewide offices in 1970.
		But the question now is whether Democrats will capitalize on the growing Republican scandal surrounding the state's $10 million to $12 million loss in rare-coin investments controlled by Tom Noe, a prominent Toledo-area GOP fund-raiser and coin dealer.
		Another potential obstacle to Democrats capitalizing politically on "Coingate" is the role in the rare-coin investment of Bill Burga, president of the Ohio AFL-CIO.
	www.debategate.com /forums/PIC/posts/269460.html (3120 words)

	Coingate - Dramatic new charges deepen link between Ohio's (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		Noe's Coingate goes to the Bush family through Mifsud, whose connections to George Herbert Walker Bush date from the 1970s.
		Mifsud got a coveted daytime work release which, according to news reports, allowed him to continue work as a GOP fundraiser and operative.
		Tom Noe and Coingate may have been his last covert operation.
	www.realnewsonline.com /blogs/index.php?blog=9&title=dramatic_new_charges_deepen_link_between&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1" (1380 words)

	USATODAY.com - Rare-coin deal buys scandal for Ohio governor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		Now the scandal — "Coingate," as it is called in Ohio —; has expanded into other areas and includes charges of coverup, cronyism and ethical lapses.
		The governor denies wrongdoing and says he didn't know Noe had received $50 million in state funds until shortly before it was revealed publicly.
		Green, the political scientist, says Coingate has given the Democrats their best chance in years to reclaim political control of Ohio, a state crucial in presidential elections.
	www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2005-08-16-coingate-taft_x.htm (1292 words)

	Encyclopedia: U.S. Senate election, 2006
		Senator DeWine has low approval ratings and the current Coingate scandal involving the Ohio Republican Party could hurt his re-election chances.
		Democratic hopes have been raised by the ongoing "Coingate" scandal and the unpopularity of Governor Bob Taft.
		Patrick DeWine, lost the Republican nomination for the Second Congressional District, suggesting DeWine's influence may be waning.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/U.S.-Senate-election,-2006 (8512 words)

	Preemptive Karma: Ohio Republican's growing "Coingate" scandal
		CS, the Ohio half of BloggerRadio.com, has been covering the "Coingate" scandal in Ohio of which I had been blissfully unaware of until this morning as I was perusing the posts over there.
		It seems the Ohio Bureau of Workers Compensation has a rare-coin investment fund which is managed by Republican campaign contributor/operator Tom Noe.
		Console yourselves with the knowledge that the same Secretary of State Blackwell whose fingerprints are all over the questionable 2004 vote is independently investigating Coingate.
	www.preemptivekarma.com /archives/2005/05/ohio_republican.html (326 words)

	Port Clinton News Herald - www.portclintonnewsherald.com - Port Clinton, OH (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		COLUMBUS -- House Democratic Leader Chris Redfern of Catawba Island,said the Senate's reaction to "Coingate" falls woefully short of the thoughtful, thorough response that Ohioans deserve.
		The prohibition was one small element of an enormous omnibus amendment attached to the state budget bill, which must pass by July 1.
		The Coingate proposal never received a public hearing.
	www.portclintonnewsherald.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050602/NEWS01/506020310/1002 (181 words)

	democracycellproject: Coingate
		But in a nutshell, Coingate is a story about the GOP led government in Ohio, and the looting of a $225 million Ohio State worker's comp fund.
		The fact that there is all this money gone missing, and that Ohio had what was at best, poorly run elections, and at worst, fraudulent elections which led to the reelection of President Bush by a mere 10,000 votes, I am sure is a complete coincidence (pun intended).
		We have crossed that threshold and the bride of scandal is in the house.
	www.democracycellproject.net /blog/archives/2005/06/coingate.html (5148 words)

	A Coingate Experiment \| TPMCafe
		The fact is, according to this article, grading is a huge issue in coingate.
		If you think "Coingate" is smelly, wait'll you get a load of the just-breaking "Hedgegate" in which the Ohio Workmens Comp Fund lost over $215 million in hedge investments placed with Pittsburgh-based MDL Capital Management, headed by Mark D. Lay.
		The Toledo Blade is the best place to read all about this, go to any of the articles about the scandal and they have all other coingate articles linked at the bottom of the page.
	www.tpmcafe.com /story/2005/6/9/12844/91669 (3114 words)

	Salon Directory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		According to an anonymous law enforcement source quoted in the Blade, records also show Noe bought one coin for $100,000 but sold it for $1.
		On the heels of Coingate, news reports have revealed that the Bureau of Workers' Compensation lost $225 million by investing heavily in high-risk hedge funds.
		The executive in charge of this failed fund has also donated widely to political campaigns.
	dir.salon.com /story/news/feature/2005/06/10/coingate/print.html (991 words)

	De Magno Opere (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		I've been thinking real hard about doing this for some time, and now is the time to put it into practice.
		Getting people to write their local newspaper about Coingate - making it plain we want to know more and that Ohioans deserve better coverage beyond Toledo.
		Beyond the blogosphere - I would suggest we ask our readers to tell people they know at work or in their neighborhoods to do the same - if they have no idea what their talking about (which might be the case), give 'em the facts in a nice concise "one page" summary (preferably verbal).
	magnoopere.blogspot.com /2005_05_29_magnoopere_archive.html (8907 words)

	Technorati Tag: coingate
		(Toledo, OH) Editor and Publisher is predicitng that the Toledo Blade's Coingate series will likely be moved from the "Investigative" to the "Public...
		Night of the unendorsed Democracy for Cincinnati, the political organization made up mostly of local supporters of Howard Dean's 2004 presidential...
		Posts tagged Coingate per day for the last 30 days.
	technorati.com /tag/coingate (439 words)

	Ohio Watch :: Tidbits On The Noes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		Tom Noe convinces Bob Taft's then-chief of staff Brian Hicks to ignore medical advise and appoint Noe's friend Carroll Ashley as a new trustee to the board of the Medical University of Ohio.
		Bernie disrupting the ballot count during the 2004 general election.
		Return to Coingate Central or the scandal timelines page.
	www.soapblox.net /ohio/showDiary.do?diaryId=75 (170 words)

	The All Spin Zone / Coingate - Another Falling Chainsaw
		Ok, so Noe might not be a true thug in the mold of Haldeman and Liddy, but he may be the weak link in a chain of events that threatens to engulf the Bush reelection campaign from last year.
		For a great primer on Coingate, go here.
		Today, AP secured the release of documents relating to the scandal.
	allspinzone.com /blog/index.php?itemid=724 (202 words)

	Coingate Explained \| TPMCafe
		If you, like me, have been a bit behind-the-curve in following coingate, you'll want to check out Christopher Hayes' enlightening summary of the plot so far.
		Besides the rent-seeking angle, there's a special issue with Coingate -- the fixation of loony Republicans with "real" stores of value, the idea that the only way to preserve wealth is to keep it in physical form.
		This shows up for instance in the horror of George Bush that the Social Security Trust Fund is "just a bunch of IOUs in a filing cabinet in West Virginia." But the original symptom was nailed by, who else, Paul Krugman, in his classic Goldbug Variations article.
	www.tpmcafe.com /story/2005/6/27/17915/5414 (2556 words)

	Krugman Truth Squad: Donald Luskin on Paul Krugman and Coingate on NRO Financial
		This all started in April when the scandal now referred to as “coingate” was documented on the Angry Left hate-blogs that Krugman sources.
		It remains to be seen how much real fire there is to “coingate,” but there is certainly plenty of smoke: Though Noe is an expert in coin investments, he is also currently under investigation by the FBI for campaign finance violations, while other matters of ethical impropriety — of unknown merit — have been raised.
		But either way that’s a huge number, and it makes the $13 million loss in “coingate” look like small change (as it were).
	www.nationalreview.com /nrof_luskin/luskin200506211013.asp (1289 words)

	33 News - Straight to the Point - LOCAL NEWS - Reaction to Coingate
		Although the auditor's race is still 11 months off, Mahoning County Treasurer John Reardon says the growing scandal known as "Coingate" prompted him to throw his hat into the ring for State Auditor now.
		With millions invested in rare coins now missing from the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation, democrats have declared "open season" on republican office holders.
		At the center of the scandal, this man, Thomas Noe, a coin dealer from Toledo, who also happens to be a major contributor to republicans, from George W Bush, to the three people running for the GOP nomination for Ohio governor next year.
	www.wytv.com /news/local/1603726.html (361 words)

	"Coingate"/Lucas County BOE Investigation connection: smoking gun?
		May-12-05 10:41 AM The Coingate investigation is underway, I am interested in seeing if we
		I also don't think flwell went into Lucas County because of the Coingate scandal, but because of the multitude of problems which pressured him.
		Still, the fact that the wife of this co(i)n man, was involved directly with the Lucas County BOE, seems to raise questions.
	www.democraticunderground.com /discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=203&topic_id=368387 (1192 words)

	The Enquirer - 'Coingate' entangles chamber lobbyist (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		Cincinnati.Com » The Enquirer » Local news » 'Coingate' entangles chamber lobbyist
		Douglas Moormann is the fifth official from the Taft administration entangled in a year-long state government scandal known as "coingate."
		He faces up to 15 years in prison and fines totaling $950,000 on those charges.
	news.enquirer.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051104/NEWS01/511040422/1056 (633 words)

	Schwarzenegger Plans to Keep Stolen $10,000 from Ohio "CoinGate" Scandal - Above Top Secret Conspiracy Community
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		As the Ohio GOP "CoinGate" scandal continues to grow and grow highlighting questionable fundraising among state and national Republicans alike, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger chimes in that he won't be returning his $10,000 in Tom Noe contributions stolen from Ohio State Workers' Compensation Funds.
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	www.abovetopsecret.com /forum/thread145493/pg1 (546 words)

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